Software development - a lot more than programming: Part 2

As microprocessors get increasingly more powerful, so does the appetite for additional software functionalities. Size of embedded systems software increases every year, bringing new types of problems.

This is the second part of a three-part series.

Software development - a lot more than programming: Part 1

As microprocessors get increasingly more powerful, so does the appetite for additional software functionalities. Size of embedded systems software increases every year, bringing new types of problems.

Ferroelectrics may lead to new memory

The properties of ferroelectric materials are moving scientists closer to realising a new way of electronic memory storage.

Emerging trends of HMI solutions

What are the latest trends in human machine interface (HMI)? And what should you look for, or be aware of, when you browse the market in search of new HMI solutions? The purpose of this article is to outline and describe some of the most recent key trends in software-driven industrial HMI solutions.

Digi-Key launches iPhone App

Design engineers and purchasers in China, India, Japan and other countries in the Asia-Pacific region can now conduct business with Digi-Key wirelessly with the availability of an application for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch users. The iPhone application is currently available in English and allows customers to make purchases in local, company-supported currencies.

Kontron microETXexpress Starterkit VxWorks kit

A second tool to help jump start design - the Kontron microETXexpress Starterkit VxWorks validated by Wind River is now available.

Virtual desktop solution

Cisco and Citrix Systems are working together to deliver a new combined desktop virtualisation solution that will make it easier and more cost effective for businesses to deploy high-definition virtual desktops and applications to all users across the enterprise.

Design resources launched for engineers

RS Components has launched DesignSpark, the centrepiece of its initiative to provide an authoritative online design environment for engineers.

Atmel Xplained add-on board for Xplain kit

The Atmel display Xplained is an add-on board for the Xplain kit. Together they create a platform for graphical application development on Atmel AVR XMEGA.

Digital prototyping in mechatronic design

Today’s manufacturers are using a mechatronics-based approach to integrate the electronic, mechanical and software components of their increasingly complex products. Digital prototyping allows disparate engineering teams to work from a single digital model, saving time and reducing errors throughout the design process.

Graphene challenges future of silicon

A collaborative research project claims to have brought the world a step closer to producing a new material on which future nanotechnology could be based.

Xantrex XKW programmable DC power supply

The Xantrex XKW 3 kW programmable DC power supply is a compact device that provides power for OEM applications where high power and a wide adjustment of output voltage or current are required.

MEMS inside a CMOS wafer

Baolab Microsystems has developed a technology to construct nanoscale MEMS (micro electro mechanical systems) within the structure of the actual CMOS wafer itself using standard, high-volume CMOS lines, which is much easier and quicker with fewer process steps than existing MEMS fabrication techniques that build the MEMS on the surface of the wafer.

InduSoft Web Studio version 6.1 software

InduSoft’s human machine interface and supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) software now works with the latest versions of Windows. InduSoft Web Studio (IWS) version 6.1 service pack 6 is fully compatible with Windows 7 (both 32- and 64-bit) and Windows Server 2008 R2.

Designing mini x86 devices efficiently

With Pico-ITX, small form factor (SFF) designers can gain from a standard solution, with which they can develop the smallest embedded devices fast and without having to make user-specific adaptations. There are, however, alternatives.